Chigaev wins RG Nezhemetdinov Cup in rapid chess

Sep 13, 2018

The RG Nezhemetdinov Cup in rapid chess (the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia stage)was held at 12.09 in Kazan.
121 players took part in the tournament.

The victory in the tournament was won by the GM Maxim Chigaev (Kemerovo region) with 8,5 points out of 11.
Second was GM Timur Gareev (USA) also with 8,5 points, third was won by the IM Ivan Bocharov (Novosibirsk region)with 8 points.

Among the veterans IM Eugene Kalegin (Republic of Bashkortostan) won. Leia Garifullin (Sverdlovsk region) became the best in the women’s standings.
Among the juniors the winner is MF Dmitry Tsoy (Moscow region). In the nomination “The best chess player of the Republic of Tatarstan” the winner is IM Fayzrakhmanov Ramil. The prize among chess players with ELO up to 2300 inclusive received MF Makoveev Ilya (Krasnodar Territory).